First American Financial Corporation, a provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, has launched Endpoint, a mobile-first title and escrow company that provides a reimagined closing experience for buyers, sellers and their real estate agents....
Pembrook Capital Management LLC has closed a $10.6 million financing package for the acquisition and rehabilitation of five properties totaling 105 units in Los Angeles. The financing was structured as a $6.2 million first mortgage loan for the acquisition of 25 units located at 14949 Roscoe...
Workspace provider Novel Coworking has added two new floors of SmartSuites at the Minneapolis TriTech Center location, totaling nine new suites and 17,000-square-feet of new space. In 2019, the company debuted its SmartSuites technology-enhanced private suites, which feature a combination of...
Self-challenge leads to a lifetime of opportunity. Someone once asked me how I view my success. After thinking about it, I replied that success is a journey of self-exploration and of constantly challenging one’s self. If you improve, good things happen. If you don’t challenge yourself, life is...
In the third quarter of 2019, overall home flips dropped 12.9% over the previous quarter and were down 6.8% from a year ago, according to ATTOM Data Solutions' third-quarter 2019 U.S. Home Flipping Report. Home flipping rates were down in 78% of the local markets (115 of...
Home ownership consumes 32.5% of wages in fourth quarter 2019 The fourth quarter 2019 U.S. Home Affordability Report, released in mid-December by data provider ATTOM Data Solutions, shows that median home prices in the fourth quarter of 2019 were unaffordable for average wage earners in 344 of...
The city is poised for a prolonged economic expansion. As 2019 ended, several Florida cities hit the headlines for incredibly low unemployment. Tampa, Florida, was near the top of the list. With a 2.2% increase in jobs and just 2.7% unemployment, the city sometimes called “The Big Guava” is poised...
EXIT Realty’s Tami Bonnell builds on human potential. For Tami Bonnell, CEO of EXIT Realty, everything in real estate is about opportunity. “Everything we do at EXIT is about helping regional owners, broker-owners and associates have more control of their businesses, their investing and their...
Toorak is building new spaces in the real estate lending sector. Just a few years ago, there were very few options for real estate investors seeking to finance single-family rental properties, obtain single- family and multifamily bridge loans, or renovate single- or multifamily properties on an...
